This add-on product recovers (and then restores) the following resources from your primary environment into a recovery environment:

Resource type

Specific components

Security

Malware protection

File Integrity Monitoring

Patching

Log Management

Infrastructure

Workloads

Virtual machines

IP Addresses

L2L VPN

SSL/VPN

Typically, the recovery site is the closest data center to your primary data center. Currently, Armor offers this add-on product in the following locations:

Primary environment

Default recovery environment

Dallas (DFW01)

Phoenix (PHX01)

Phoenix (PHX01)

Dallas (DFW01)

Order Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery)

You can order Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) from the Virtual Machine Details screen in the Armor Management Portal (AMP).

As part of the upgrade process, any virtual machine that was subscribed to the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) add-on product in Gen 3 will retain that add-on product in Gen 4.

For any Gen 3 virtual machine that did not have Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery), or for newly created Gen 4 virtual machines, you must order Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) in AMP.

Armor highly recommends that you review the FAQs for upgraded users with DR to better understand how the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) add-on product functions.

In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), on the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

Click Virtual Machines.

Locate and select the desired virtual machine.

Next to the virtual machine name, click the gear icon.

Select Add Continuous Replication.

In the drop-down menu, confirm the desired virtual machine.

Review the information, including pricing information, and then select Submit.

This action will automatically create a support ticket. Armor Support will use this ticket to communicate with you regarding the provisioning process.

For first-time subscribers, it may take up to two business days for this add-on product to be fully provisioned in your account. After this first-time provisioning process, provisioning for additional virtual machines will only take 30 minutes to complete.

When Armor Support communicates that the add-on product has been fully provisioned:

Return to the Virtual Machine Details screen for the desired virtual machine.

Click the Continuous Server Replication tab.

Review the status for Server Replication. The status will change from Configuring to Enabled.

(Optional) Armor recommends that after your add-on product has been fully provisioned, you should request a test failover, simply to verify the service is functional.

Review the following table to better understand the Continuous Server Replication tab.

Column

Description

Server Replication

The order status for this add-on product:

Configuring

Enabled

Protected Site

Your primary data center location

Recovery Site

Your recovery data center location

Status

The replication / syncing status of this add-on product

Initializing

MeetingSLA

Current RPO (Recovery point objective)

The time of the last sync of your primary environment to the recovery environment

Request a test failover and view a test failover virtual machine

You can request a test failover to meet compliance requirements or to verify that the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery)add-on product was successfully provisioned in your account.

After a successful test failover, you can view the test failover virtual machine in the Armor Management Portal (AMP).

Armor highly recommends that you review the FAQs for upgraded users with DR to better understand how the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) add-on product functions.

During a test failover, Armor recommends that you do not make any changes to your AMP account while in the test failover environment. Any change you make will not replicated in the primary environment.

For instance, if you update your firewall rules in the test failover environment, then those updates will not be replicated in the primary environment.

In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), on the left-side navigation, click Support.

Click Tickets + Notifications.

Click New Ticket.

In Ticket Subject, enter Request for a test failover.

(Optional) In Add Recipient, enter the name or username of additional recipients to add to the ticket, and then select the name.

In Ticket Explanation, enter the name of the corresponding virtual machine.

Click Create Ticket.

Armor Support will update the ticket when the test failover is complete.

To view the test failover virtual machine, on the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

Click Virtual Machines.

The name of the test failover virtual machine will include the name of the primary virtual machine, along with - Test added to the name. For example, if the name of the primary virtual machine is My Company, then the name of test failover virtual machine will be My Company - Test.

The Continuous Server Replication tab will not appear in the VM Details screen for the test failover virtual machine.

(Optional) To access the test failover virtual machine in the test failover site, you must download and install the Gen 4 SSL/VPN client for the test failover environment.

You cannot use the Gen 3 (Cisco AnyConnect) client to connect to the virtual machine in the test failover site.

You must download the client for your correct recovery location (DFW01-Recovery or PHX01-Recovery).

If your primary environment is DFW01, then you should download the client for PHX01-Recovery environment.

If your primary environment is PHX01, then you should download the client for DFW01-Recovery environment.

To end the test failover, create a support ticket and indicate your interest to end the test failover.

Armor Support will remove the test failover virtual machine from your AMP account.

To request a certificate for compliance reasons, create a support ticket and indicate your interest to receive a certificate.

Request a live recovery and view a live recovery virtual machine

You can request a live recovery to troubleshoot during an outage in your primary environment. After a successful live recovery, you can view the live recovery virtual machine in the Armor Management Portal (AMP).

Armor highly recommends that you review the FAQs for upgraded users with DR to better understand how the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) add-on product functions.

During a live recovery, Armor recommends that you do not make any changes to your recovery virtual machine. Any change you make will not replicated in the primary virtual machine.

In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), on the left-side navigation, click Support.

Click Tickets + Notifications.

Click New Ticket.

In Ticket Subject, enter Request for a Live recovery or Request for a test failover.

Armor will notify you of a data center outage. In this case, you must still submit a support ticket to request a live recovery.

(Optional) In Add Recipient, enter the name or username of additional recipients to add to the ticket, and then select the name.

In Ticket Explanation, enter the name of the corresponding virtual machine.

Click Create Ticket.

To view the status of your ticket, in the left-side navigation, click Support, and then click Tickets + Notifications.

Armor Support will update the ticket when the test failover is complete.

On the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

Click Virtual Machines. The recovery virtual machine will be listed in the table.

The name of the recovery virtual machine will be the same as the primary virtual machine, along with a yellow icon.

The primary virtual machine will not be listed in this table.

The Continuous Server Replication tab will not appear not appear in the VM Details screen.

To access the live recovery virtual machine in the live recovery site, you must download and install the Gen 4 SSL/VPN client for the live recovery environment.

You cannot use the Gen 3 (Cisco AnyConnect) client to connect to the virtual machine in the test failover site.

You must download the client for your correct recovery location (DFW01-Recovery or PHX01-Recovery).

If your primary environment is DFW01, then you should download the client for PHX01-Recovery environment.

If your primary environment is PHX01, then you should download the client for DFW01-Recovery environment.

This service may take up to two business days to appear in your AMP account.

You do not have permission to order and view this service.

You must have the Read Server Replication and Write Server Replication permissions enabled. Contact your account administrator to enable this permission. To learn how to update you permissions, see Roles and Permissions (Armor Complete).